Nuclear power plant to help Belarus fulfill Paris Climate Agreement“Belarus joined the Paris Climate Agreement and undertook to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 28% by 2030 in comparison with 1990. This is why the development of a low-carbon power engineering industry is becoming a high priority task for the Belarusian economy. There is no doubt that the commissioning of the nuclear power plant will allow accomplishing a number of goals,” said Vasily Kovalenko...

15 Dec 2016

Belarus’ dairy exports to China estimated to reach $7m in 2016“Four meat-packing plants have been certified. Hopefully, we will be awarded the right to supply beef to the Chinese market before the end of the year. Next in line are our poultry farms. We hope to get them certified in the first quarter of 2017,” Leonid Zayats said...

15 Dec 2016

Belarus-Azerbaijan cooperation roadmap draftedVladimir Semashko said that as a result of the recent talks in Baku the presidents of Belarus and Azerbaijan gave a number of specific instructions, including the instruction to prepare a draft roadmap to guide the development of bilateral relations. The roadmap is expected to include all the instructions the presidents have given, specific accomplishments of ministries, companies, and individual businessmen...

Belarus, U.A.E. mull over joint ventures in mechanical engineering“The matter is about joint ventures in the United Arab Emirates, which will manufacture products not only for the U.A.E. and the Gulf countries but also Northern Africa, South-East Asia This is a great one subregion, where we can create joint production facilities and promote joint products to the markets where they are in demand”...

15 Dec 2016

Lukashenko promises radical steps to streamline business inspectionsIn particular, the head of state deemed it necessary to continue red tape reduction, ease pressure on the manufacturing sector and business. “We will make very serious decisions in the near future. I have agreed with the Belarus President Administration (senior officials will be appointed in the near future) that we will revise such issues as cutting red tape and excessive inspections at the local level,” the Belarusian leader said...

UAE testing Belarusian combat tank transportersThe MZKT Director General specified that the contract on delivering the tank transporters to the UAE was signed in 2015. “It is a long-term contract. As part of the contract we are supposed to make samples and deliver them to the customer. The samples have been tested since July 2016,” said Igor Letov...